XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/23/2014 9:05 AM, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Modern North Americans just cannot fathom the scale of a horse-based   
   >> society.   
   >   
   > s/horse-based/sustainable   
   >   
   > And, sadly, the problem isn't just limited to North American.  The   
   > majority of sci-fi hand waves abundant energy into the future, but the   
   > reality is that, so far, that appears to be the hardest hurdle we have   
   > facing us.   
   >   
   And always has been, at least since the invention of agriculture.   
      
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